Silesia Towers

A special purpose vehicle of the United States investment company wants to take over one hundred percent shares of the Silesia Towers project from TriGranit. The final approval has to be given by the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK).

A motion in this case has already been submitted in the office. The investment company is represented by TPG RE II European Holdings (part of TPG Real Estate) and controlled by TPG, a leading …

It was one of the most spectacular office schemes planned in Katowice. The white and black buildings of Silesia Towers were designed by the team of Stefan Kuryłowicz to welcome travelers entering Katowice from the east side. In spite of declarations, the office facilities have never been erected. At present, TriGranit claims the project has not been abandoned.

TriGranit Development Corporation and its representative Janusz Olesiński, Member of Management Board of special purpose vehicles of TriGranit Development Polska, attended the last week’s conference concerning investment potential and promotion of Katowice. He also took part in a press conference talking about company’s investments.

As is known, some developers suffer from lack of financing sources which prevent to start planned projects. It also reffers the Katowice’s development of Silesia Towers. Many says that todays slowdown in building investments will finish with start of bank funds availability. As we can read below, bank representatives claim that there is funding available. Maybe it is time to look for financing more actively?

The project of Silesia Towers arouses emotion since the concept came into the day-light. Partly because of the scale of the investment (approx. 75 000 sq m rentable area) and because of the design prepared by APAKA Studio owned by Stefan Kuryłowicz. But until now, the project hasn’t entered the pipeline. Katowicethecity.com asked Krzysztof Jamroziewicz, the Project Manager, about the reason.